Saturday, December 3, 2011

Divine Appointments and Tapestry Threads



Does it ever seem that at certain seasons of your life God seems to put someone in your life that you need "just at the right moment"? 
I tend to think of my life as a beautiful tapestry, hanging on a wall.  I am able to look at it and see each life that has impacted me as its own unique thread, tightly woven in, to make my life what it otherwise would not have been without them in it. Anne of Green Gables calls them "Kindred Spirits", the kind of people who become instant friends, and you feel as though you've known them your whole life as soon as you meet them. As you look back at your own tapestry, you can see those people, standing out in exuberant color, always making you smile and think fondly of that time in your life, and making you ache every time you have to leave them...God has divinely purposed these relationships in my life during so many seasons: College, ministries in various churches in Oklahoma, Texas, New York, Georgia, and recently back in Oklahoma again. I feel like I have golden heartstrings attached like telephone wires from here in Oklahoma, all the way to the East Coast. 
But recently I feel like one of those strings stretches to the West. I have asked God so many times to help me in my battle with weight loss...I believe He is answering me and is starting to weave those threads again for me with a couple from, of all places, Idaho. 
I have never met these people, except through technology, but I feel, again, that instant connection and kinship that is very rare and I know it is going to be a special relationship. I don't know what it holds in store, but I know it means something more than weight loss.
All I did was fill a form out online for some information, and God did His thing. He has placed these marvelous people in my life. Only He knows the plan, but I feel such blessing, and hope, and an excitement to get to know these new friends better. They are already an inspiration and instant mentors to me in this journey, something I've needed for a long time, and I feel are an answer to prayer. It is a blessing to get to see God doing something that just blows you away, and I am truly thankful to get to see it again. 
You never know when God has a Divine Appointment in store for you. You are never too old for it...Anticipate it... When it happens, it is a treasure....made of golden thread.
To be continued.....

4 comments:

  1. Beautiful post, Robin! We never know how God is going to touch our life or someone else's through those we encounter each day. What a blessing to see the tapestry He creates!

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  2. Glad to hear HOPE and EXPECTANCY in your life...too many times we forget that our hope is not in what we see, but what we know God has for us. Without hope, we would live in a very negative world....and haven't we all been there? There are no "just happenings"...it was all planned to make that beautiful tapestry. Thanks for the post.

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  3. Wow Robin - we've been sharing lots of bawling-moments! Here's another one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I'm so excited about the place of impact you obviously have through your lifetime of connection.
    I love, love, love what God does! You are a new & welcome blessing in our lives. We love you & your darling family - I love the picture below.

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  4. What a wonderful writer and communicator you are. Thanks for that beautiful, heartfelt post. It IS so amazing to see how the Lord works as he weaves that tapestry in the lives of those who are willing to allow Him to do so. Brenda and I (Idaho) are truly, truly blessed and thankful for our paths crossing. I wait with great anticipation and expectation to watch the Lord at work in our relationship. Looking forward to the face to face meeting someday :-)

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